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1. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






2. What is normal albumin levels?






3. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?






4. What are healthy sources of fats?






5. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






6. Where can you get more vitamin D?






7. Fats can lead to some medical problems






8. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






9. The higher the BMR a client has --






10. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






11. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






12. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet






13. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






14. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






15. What type of people need extra protein?






16. What foods have high quality protein?






17. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






18. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






19. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






20. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






21. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






22. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






23. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






24. What is the function of vitamin C?






25. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






26. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






27. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






28. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






29. Name six sources of grains






30. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?






31. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






32. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






33. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






34. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






35. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






36. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






37. What function is vitamin D?






38. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value






39. What is RDA of protein?






40. When does BMR increase?






41. How many calories/gram is protein?






42. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






43. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?






44. What function is vitamin A?






45. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






46. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






47. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






48. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






49. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






50. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






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